Nationwide has had several of its companies’ annuity safety ratings downgraded by Fitch Ratings. Fitch puts the blame largely on the privatization of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company’s (NMIC) life insurance operations, which resulted in decreased capital availability and flexibility. Investment losses in 2008 and predicted …
In the December issue of Fortune, Walter Updegrade soothes the concerns of some consumers worried about their annuity investments. Despite the struggling financial markets, so far no major life insurance company has gone under. Even AIG’s insurance subsidiaries have remained largely unscathed! State insurance departments …
Recently, results from a survey conducted by the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company was were reported in a press release. The October 2008 study showed that consumers are becoming more conservative with their investments than they were just a few months earlier, in April. These …
The Association for Insured Retirement Solutions, also known as NAVA, has released its latest data on the variable annuity industry. Their third quarter figures for show that variable annuities have taken a beating in the midst of economic uncertainty and troubled financial markets: Decreased value …
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